Cosmetic case

ABSTRACT

A cosmetic case is structured such that a rotary body ( 3 ) having a brush ( 2 ) attached thereto is installed to rotate to the upper side of a tube-type case ( 1 ) for accommodating liquid cosmetic by an insertion body ( 4 ) such that the cosmetic case is manufactured by simple-structured components to enhance economic effect, an opening ( 12 ) and a discharge opening ( 9 ) are formed in the form of a single line in a body formed with the rotary body ( 3 ) such that the liquid cosmetic is smoothly discharged, lock checking parts ( 16  and  16   a ) are formed in the outer circumferential front sides of the tube-type case ( 1 ) and the insertion body ( 4 ) to easily check whether an opening ( 12 ) formed in the rotary body ( 3 ) and a liquid cosmetic discharging guide ( 6 ) formed in the upper side of the tube-type case ( 1 ) are opened or closed so that the liquid cosmetic does not leak and the cosmetic case can be maintained clean.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-0009752, filed on Feb. 2, 2005, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a cosmetic case including a case having a lock checking part formed in the front side of the outer circumference of the case for accommodating cosmetic, and a guide hole for smoothly discharging liquid cosmetic and plural insertion supporting walls formed in the upper side of the case, a rotary body coupled with the case and having a brush attached to the upper side thereof, a discharge tube inserted into the central portion thereof and having a discharge passage communicated with an opening formed in the lower side, and an insertion body inserted into the insertion supporting walls and having a lock checking part formed in the front side of the outer circumference such that the rotary body is safely inserted into the upper side of the case.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a cosmetic case which has a simple structure, is easily manufactured, and is safely used without fear of leakage of cosmetic by checking whether an opening through which the cosmetic is discharged using a lock checking part, a cosmetic discharge guide hole integrally formed with the case, and the opening through which the cosmetic is discharged, and a discharged passage are formed in the rotary body in the form of a single line such that the cosmetic is smoothly discharged and it is convenient to use.

2. Discussion of Related Art

A conventional cosmetic case for discharging liquid cosmetic accommodated therein is structured such that an inlet has a slip prevention protrusion and male threads formed in the upper side of the case, a flange type packing having an insertion hole formed in the central portion thereof is inserted into the inlet, a guide groove having a central hole is formed in the upper side, a coupling ring having a locking groove is installed to a position controlling member having female threads and a slip prevention protrusion formed therein and the circumference of a shaft rod having a discharge hole formed in the upper side, a discharge opening communicated with the discharge hole of the shaft rod is formed in the lower side, and an embedding body, into which a brush is embedded by coupling a rotary body having a stopper and a guide protrusion, is inserted into a holder to forming an insertion groove in the lower circumference, and is inserted into an accommodating groove of a fixing member having a locking protrusion formed in the upper end. When using the cosmetic case, the packing and the position controlling member are fixed to the upper side of the case, the rotary body is rotated as long as the same distance as the size of the guide groove formed in the position controlling member such that the discharge opening as the lower end of the shaft rod installed in the upper side of the rotary body opens and closes the opening of the lower end of the insertion groove formed in the central portion of the packing to discharge and interrupt the liquid cosmetic accommodated in the case.

As described above, the conventional cosmetic case has a complicated structure and needs expensive manufacturing costs. Moreover, in the conventional cosmetic case, since there are so many components, labor costs for assembling the components are increased. When using the conventional cosmetic case, since the liquid cosmetic accommodated in the conventional cosmetic case passes through the opening of the insertion groove formed in the packing and is discharged through the discharge hole of the rotary body step by step, the liquid cosmetic is interrupted in the multiple staged discharge line so that the liquid cosmetic cannot be smoothly discharged or sealing of the conventional cosmetic case is imperfect so that the liquid cosmetic is leaked during the carriage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve the above-described problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cosmetic case in which a rotary body having a brush attached thereto is installed to rotate to the upper side of a tube-type case for accommodating liquid cosmetic by an insertion body such that the cosmetic case is manufactured by simple-structured components to enhance economic effect, an opening and a discharge opening are formed in the form of a single line in a body formed with the rotary body such that the liquid cosmetic is smoothly discharged, lock checking parts are formed in the outer circumferential front sides of the tube-type case and the insertion body to easily check whether an opening formed in the rotary body and a liquid cosmetic discharging guide formed in the upper side of the tube-type case are opened or closed so that the liquid cosmetic does not leak and the cosmetic case can be maintained clean.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and/or other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cosmetic case according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of the cosmetic case according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the discharge of liquid cosmetic in the cosmetic case according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B in FIG. 4; and

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line C-C in FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

A cosmetic case according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a container 1 for accommodating liquid cosmetic and a brush 2 installed in the upper side of the container 1 to paint liquid cosmetic (to make-up). An insertion body 4, in which a rotary body 3 for attaching the brush 2 is coupled with the upper side of the container 1. Plural insertion supporting walls 5 are installed around the upper side of the tube-type container 1. A sealing body 7, in which an outer protruded wheel 7 a is formed in the upper circumference, is installed in the central portion of the container 1. A sealing body 7, in which a liquid cosmetic discharge guide 6 is protruded, installed in the lower side of the tube-type container 1. The brush 2 is installed in an upper plate 8 of the rotary body 3. A discharge tube 10 having a liquid cosmetic discharging passage 9 is installed in the central portion of the rotary body 3 to position at the middle level of the brush 2. The upper plate 8 has an inner recessive wheel 11 a formed in the lower side to be coupled with the outer protruded wheel 7 a formed in the upper circumference of the sealing body 7. A body 11 integrally formed with the upper plate 8 is downwardly protruded such that the rotary body 3 can be freely rotated in the sealing body 7 inserted into the central portion of the tube-type container 1. In the lower side of the boy 1, an opening 12 communicated with the liquid cosmetic discharging passage 9 is positioned above the liquid cosmetic discharging guide 6 protruded toward a side of the sealing body 7 such that a single line is formed to discharge the liquid cosmetic. The insertion body 4 is installed to freely rotate by the insertion supporting walls 5 installed around the upper side of the tube-type container 1, wherein an insertion container 12 for fixing the brush 2 attached to the upper plate 8 of the rotary body 3 is formed in the central portion of the insertion body 4, and an expanded step, into which the upper plate 8 of the rotary body 3 is fitted, is fixed to the lower side of the insertion container 13.

In the tube-type container 1 and the outer circumferential front side of the insertion body 4 coupled with each other, lock checking parts 16 and 16 a are formed to check whether the liquid cosmetic discharging guide 6 and the opening 12 are opened or closed.

Reference numeral 17 indicates a lid coupled with the upper side of the container 1.

As described above, the cosmetic case according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is structured such that the brush 2 is attached to the upper side of the tube-type container 1 in which the body 11 of the rotary body 3 is installed to freely rotate, the rotary body 3 having the discharge tube 10 formed with the discharging passage 9 and the opening 12 and the body of the brush 2 are installed, and the insertion body 4 for clamping the rotary body 3 is installed to freely rotate. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the state that the lock checking parts 16 and 16 a formed in the outer circumferential front sides of the tube-type container 1 and the insertion body 4 are aligned with each other in the vertical direction means the state that the opening 12 of the body 11 installed in the sealing body 7 is positioned opposite to the liquid cosmetic discharging guide 6 protruded toward a side of the sealing body 7 and closed, and the carrying and keeping state that the liquid cosmetic accommodated in the tube-type container 1 does not leak.

FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate that the lock checking parts 16 and 16 a of FIGS. 1 to 3 are aligned with each other in the vertical direction and the insertion body 4 is rotated by 180 degrees by holding the tube-type container 1 when the opening 12 is closed. In other words, the drawings illustrate an opened state that the opening 12, formed in the body 11 of the rotary body 3 to which the brush 3 is attached and communicated with the discharging passage, 9 is positioned on the same line of the liquid cosmetic discharging guide 6 communicated with the tube-type container 1 for accommodating the liquid cosmetic such that the tube-type container 1 is properly pressed to discharge the liquid cosmetic accommodated in the tube-type container.

Since, in the carrying and keeping state as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the outer protruded wheel 7 a, of the sealing body 7 installed in the upper side of the tube-type container 1, is coupled with the inner recessive wheel 11 a, of the rotary body 3 inserted by a clamping container 15 of the insertion body 4 to rotate the insertion body 4, inserted into the insertion supporting walls 5 to freely rotate, by 180 degrees, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the discharge tube 10 of the rotary body 3 is installed at the half level of the height of the brush 2, and the body 11 of the rotary body 3 is installed to freely rotate within the sealing body 7 installed in the upper side of the tube-type container 1 such that the opening 12 communicated with the discharging passage 9 of the discharge tube 10 is communicated with the liquid cosmetic discharging guide 6 in the form of a single line and the discharging passage 9 and the tube-type container 1 are opened. At that time, the tube-type container 1 for accommodating the liquid cosmetic is pressed to discharge a proper amount of the liquid cosmetic such that the brush 2 is wet with the discharged liquid cosmetic and a user paints the cosmetic using the wet brush 2.

The liquid cosmetic accommodated in the tube-type container 1 is smoothly discharged through the opening 12 and the discharging passage 9 communicated with the liquid cosmetic discharging guide 6 in the form of a single line.

Moreover, since a leading end of the discharge tube 10 for forming the discharging passage 8 is installed in the central portion of the brush 3, attached to the rotary body 3, to be located at the middle level where the liquid cosmetic is easily absorbed, the liquid cosmetic is smoothly discharged to the position where the brush 2 is convenient to use (to make-up) so that the user can easily make-up with the discharged liquid cosmetic.

After painting (making-up), the insertion body 4, installed in the upper side of the tube-type container 1, is rotated by 180 degrees such that, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the lock checking parts 16 and 16 a, formed in the outer circumferential front sides of the tube-type container 1 and the insertion body 4, are aligned with each other in the vertical direction. Thus, the opening 12 of the rotary body 3 is positioned opposite to the liquid cosmetic discharging guide 6 to close.

In the state, as described above, it is checked that the lock checking parts 16 and 16 a, formed in the outer circumferential front sides of the tube-type container 1 and the insertion body 4, are aligned with each other in the vertical direction, and the lid 17 is coupled with the container 1 so that the cosmetic case is safely carried and kept without leakage of the liquid cosmetic.

As described above, the cosmetic case of the present invention has a simple structure, can be manufactured with a small amount of components, can be easily assembled, and has the single line structure in which the discharge opening for discharging the liquid cosmetic and the liquid cosmetic discharging guide. The leading end of the discharge tube for discharging the liquid cosmetic is positioned at the middle height of the central portion of the brush, that is, the most proper location where it is convenient to use the brush, so that the liquid cosmetic is smoothly discharged to easily paint the liquid cosmetic (to make-up). Since it can be easily checked that the lock checking parts formed in the outer circumferential front sides of the tube-type container and the insertion body are aligned with each other in the vertical direction, the cosmetic case can be safely carried and kept without leakage of the liquid cosmetic.

Although a few embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes might be made in this embodiment without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents. 

1. A cosmetic case comprising a tube-type container (1), a brush (2) installed in the upper side of the tube-type container (1) to discharge liquid cosmetic, and a lid (17) coupled with the upper side of the tube-type container (1), the cosmetic case comprising: a structure, installed in the upper side of the tube-type container (1), in which a sealing body (7) is installed to form an outer protruded wheel (7 a) in the upper end thereof and to protrude a liquid cosmetic discharging guide (6) in a side thereof; a rotary body (3) in which a discharge tube (10) having a discharging passage (9) for the liquid cosmetic is installed in the central portion of an upper plate (8) for forming the rotary body (3) to attach the brush (2) to the circumference, an inner recessive wheel (11 a) is formed in the lower side of the upper plate (8), and a body (11) is downwardly protruded inward to the inner recessive wheel (11 a) such that an opening (12) communicated with the discharging passage (9); and an insertion body (4) having an insertion container (13), formed in the central portion of the insertion body (4), into which the brush (2) is inserted from the central portion thereof, and an expanded step (14) and a clamping container (15) which are formed to clamp the upper plate (8) of the rotary body (30); wherein the insertion body (4) for clamping the rotary body (3), to which the brush (2) is attached, is coupled with the upper side of the tube-type container (1) to freely rotate.
 2. The cosmetic case as claimed in claim 1, wherein the discharge tube (10) installed in the central portion of the upper plate (8) of the rotary body (3) is positioned at the middle level of the brush (2) attached to the upper side of the upper plate (8).
 3. The cosmetic case as claimed in claim 1, further comprising lock checking parts (16 and 16 a) formed in the outer circumferential front sides of the tube-type container (1) and the insertion body (4). 